Retro (EP)

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Retro
EP by Ultravox!
Released 10 February 1978
Recorded 1977?/1978?
Genre Glam rock, post-punk, new wave
Label Island
Producer Ultravox! and Steve Lillywhite
Ultravox! chronology

"Frozen Ones"
1977
"Retro"
1978
"Slow Motion"
(as Ultravox)
1978

Retro was the only EP (7") by Ultravox, then Ultravox!, released on February 10, 1978.[1] It was the last recording released by the band as Ultravox!. Also this was the last disc featuring original guitarist Stevie Shears, who left the band after its release.

The EP featured four live tracks recorded in 1977 or early 1978, while Ultravox! were promoting one of their first two albums, Ultravox! and Ha! Ha! Ha!, both released in 1977.

In 2006, Island Records re-released the tracks, adding them to remastered versions of Ultravox!'s albums. The tracks from side two of the EP were included on the reissue of Ultravox! and the side one tracks on the reissue of Ha! Ha! Ha!.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ultravox!

A-Side

  1. The Man Who Dies Every Day (Live At Huddersfield Polytechnic)
  2. Young Savage (Live At The Marquee)

B-Side

  1. The Wild, The Beautiful And The Damned (Live At The Rainbow)
  2. My Sex (Live At Huddersfield Polytechnic)

Personnel

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